The relationship between President Trump and Elon Musk rapidly disintegrated on Thursday, fulfilling predictions of a messy breakup that the world’s most powerful man and its richest man had defied for months. Trump told reporters in an Oval Office meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz that he was “very surprised” and “very disappointed” in Musk, […]
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Trump orders a probe into the Biden administration and its alleged autopen use
Trump alleges the Biden administration used a machine to sign key documents, as many presidents do. Biden says he made policy decisions himself: “Any suggestion that I didn’t is ridiculous and false.” (Image credit: Melina Mara)
Trump says he is ‘very disappointed’ in Elon Musk after attacks on tax bill
Tech boss has turned on his former ally, calling president’s proposed tax and spend legislation ‘the Debt Slavery Bill’ Donald Trump said on Thursday he was “very disappointed” with Elon Musk, after the Tesla CEO and former head of the president’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge) spent days attacking the tax and spending plan Republicans […]
Tariffs prompt record plunge in US imports
American purchases of Canadian goods in April fell to the lowest level since 2021.
Musk says Trump would have lost 2024 election without him as ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ feud continues
Elon Musk and President Donald Trump’s feud about the “Big Beautiful Bill” continued on Thursday when the tech billionaire responded to the president’s criticism in a post on X. “Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate. Such ingratitude,” Musk wrote […]
Trump ‘very disappointed’ by Musk as row explodes into public
In response, Musk accused the president of “Such ingratitude”, adding: “Without me, Trump would have lost the election”.
DC restaurant groups blast Dems’ ‘baseless’ boycott threat reportedly backed by AOC, Sanders
“Dozens” of Democratic lawmakers are boycotting six high-dollar Washington, D.C., restaurants over labor disputes with two restaurant groups, according to Axios. One of those restaurant groups, STARR, told Fox News Digital the boycott push was “baseless.” “To the best of our knowledge, a majority of Le Diplomate employees have no interest in engaging in that […]
Blue state Republicans threaten rebellion if Senate changes key provision in Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’
House Republicans in Democrat-controlled states are firing a warning shot at the Senate as it considers President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill.” GOP lawmakers in New York and California have been demanding that senators leave the House’s increased state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap in the bill, even as members of the upper […]
FBI Director Patel, a longtime bureau critic, begins to put his stamp on the agency
Since taking the helm more than 100 days ago, Patel has yet to shutter the FBI headquarters and reopen it as a museum as he once said he would, but he has begun trying to remake the bureau. (Image credit: Jim Watson)
Supreme Court rejects Mexico lawsuit against US gunmakers
The suit accused gunmakers of contributing to Mexico’s gun violence struggles and challenged a US shield law.
Trump ‘disappointed’ with Musk criticism of ‘big, beautiful bill,’ saying it’s related to EV incentive cuts
President Donald Trump said he’s ‘very disappointed’ with SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, days after Musk’s official departure from spearheading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). In recent days, Musk has been very critical of Trump’s massive tax and spending package dubbed the “big, beautiful, bill,” labeling the measure a “disgusting abomination” due to […]
Trump on Elon Musk: ‘I’m very disappointed’
President Trump said he’s always liked Elon Musk, and was surprised to see his criticism of Trump’s signature tax and spending bill.
Cuomo attacked during debate by fellow Dems for allegedly lying to Congress about COVID nursing home scandal
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was blasted by fellow Democrats running against him to be the next mayor of New York City for lying to Congress, an allegation pushed by Republicans that the Trump administration is currently investigating. Cuomo repeatedly dismissed questions throughout Wednesday night’s debate on whether he lied to Congress about his […]
When Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon Tenure Started Going Sideways
Things were going fine for Pete Hegseth, right up until a chance encounter with the world’s richest man. His pursuit of Donald Trump’s agenda at the Pentagon had made him a star among the president’s advisers. The former Fox News host had moved swiftly to roll back diversity initiatives in the military and to expand […]
Medicare changes on table for big, beautiful bill, says GOP senator
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, on Thursday said GOP lawmakers are looking at changes to Medicare to root out waste, fraud and abuse. Republican senators are taking a closer look at finding savings in Medicare to increase the total amount of deficit reduction in President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” […]
Trump ‘disappointed’ by Musk criticism of ‘big, beautiful bill’
President Trump said Thursday he was “very surprised” and “disappointed” by Elon Musk’s harsh criticism of the president’s signature piece of legislation working its way through Congress and expressed uncertainty about the future of their relationship. “I’ve always liked Elon. And so I was very surprised. You saw the words he had for me, and […]
Trump says Egypt excluded from travel ban because ‘they have things under control’
President Trump said Thursday Egypt was not included on a proclamation banning travel into the U.S. from several countries because “they have things under control.” “Egypt has been a country that we deal with very closely. They have things under control. The countries that we have don’t have things under control,” Trump told reporters in […]
Trump suspends foreign student visas at Harvard
US president says the move to restrict foreign student visas at Harvard is to safeguard national security.
Longtime Trump loyalist flips on GOP’s ‘big, beautiful bill’
Trump-loyalist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., dropped a bombshell this week, revealing that she had not read the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in its entirety and no longer supports it. Greene joins the growing list of President Donald Trump’s staunchest House GOP allies who have come out in opposition of the bill they voted […]
FCC Commissioner Simington expected to abruptly leave agency, potential replacement revealed
FIRST ON FOX: Federal Communications Commissioner, Nathan Simington, is leaving the agency, as revealed in an internal memo obtained by Fox News Digital. Gavin Wax, a 31-year-old New York native and outspoken political ally of President Donald Trump, is being floated as a likely replacement. He would be the youngest commissioner in U.S. history, and also […]